Food Safety Complaints
Food safety refers to handling food in such a way as to prevent any food borne illness. Food safety is a global issue. Often we have seen news on the media that there was a living insect in the food and how the customers sued the restaurant for it. We have also seen how someone ordered Vegetarian food but was delivered chicken instead.
To lessen the burden of the customer, the government formed The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in August 2011 under the Food Safety Standards Act, 2006 as a responsive body for promoting and protecting public health in India.
It is important to note that we should buy packaging foods which have FSSAI marked on it as they are generally safer than the others. There has also been a boon of ordering food online which has led to many food delivery apps namely Zomato, Swiggy, Uber Eats, Foodpanda etc. People these days generally prefer to order their food online rather than dining out in a restaurant.
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According to a recent survey more than 10% people are left unsatisfied with the food that was delivered through these online food platforms. The most common food complaints include:
- Wrong product delivered
- Stale food delivered
- Less quanity
- Issues with the quality
- Adulteration
- Foreign material in food (insect in food, plastic in food item, mettalic pin in food item etc)
- Refund not provided
- No customer support etc.
So what can be done if you a have food safety complaint in India?
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<b>1. Contact Food Aggregator</b>
First and foremost we should immediately try to contact the customer care of these online portals. As they value customer feedback they will try to resolve the complaint as quickly as possible. Some apps even have automated chat bots for the same. The customer care number of some of the most well known food delivery apps in India are :
Swiggy Customer Care Number – 080-67466789
Zomato Customer Care Number - +61 450 266 295
Uber Eats Customer Care Number – 800-253-9377
Foodpanda Customer Care Number – 1800-3000-3034
Dominos Customer Care Number – 734-930-3030
Pizza Hut Customer Care Number – 800-948-8488
Faasos Customer Care Number - +91-7700020020
Just Eat Customer Care Number - 080 6000 0600
<b>2. Report to FSSAI</b>
It has been noticed that sometimes, even these reputed companies close the complaint of a consumer without providing any fruitful solution. So what can be done if their customer support is not providing any solution? Go to FSSAI and file a complaint at https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/cmsweb/HOME.aspx
This is FSSAI website planned to help people facing food related problems. Once you have filed the complaint by attaching all the supporting evidences your complaint will be forwarded to the Food Safety Officer who will then handle your complaint. The customer care number of FSSAI is 1800112100. You can even share your concern here.
<b>3. Send a Legal Notice</b>
If you do not get any response from the food delivering app then you can also send them a Legal Notice to resolve your complaint. You can use Voxya for drafting and sending Legal Notice to them through a professional lawyer.
<b>4. File a Consumer Forum Case</b>
Finally, if you are not getting any resolution then you can raise a complaint at your nearest consumer forum. You need not hire a lawyer to file a case there. You can do it yourself in just 2-3 hours time. We at Voxya help consumers in taking legal action against food delivering apps by sending a legal notice and preparing the case documents to file case in consumer court. So, if you are frustrated, <a href="https://voxya.com/file-consumer-complaint?ref=onlComp">File a complaint</a> today!
Most Common Issue Reported for Food Safety Complaints
Complaints
Zomato charged double rates (Zomato) Open
I was cancelling order * seconds after giving the order as I changed my mind and zomato was not charging fees as food preparation was not started. It took one hour to process my request due to which I was charged incorrectly. Please see this i...
Aug 31, 2019 by Prabhat
Strong chemical smell in the bread (Paras Nutriment Private Limited) Open
I bought milkmade white bread a product of this company. While consuming the bread we got a very strong unbearable chemical smell that it made it difficult to consume them. I am sure this is harmful to the body. Please check their product....
Aug 31, 2019 by Rabina
Zomato did not give discount even after showing discount on mobile app (Zomato) Open
Please refer the complaint #**********, I have already shared screenshot of the concern mentioning that the app didn't accept the promo code and showed 'no coupon codes required' for discount. After order and regular follow ups I am not getting...
Aug 30, 2019 by Shashank
Cancellation charges applied when i did not even cancel the order (Swiggy) Open
I ordered two half plate momos from apetite momos airoli. I was ordering for my ofc location but accidentally selected my home address which is my default saved address. As soon as i finished completing the order, i realised it and applied for ...
Aug 30, 2019 by Ajith Shetty
Package delivered in wrong address (Swiggy) Open
I have ordered food from swiggy paid online. As I was tracking the site when I ll get my order after ** mins there was no update status. I called customer care and asked deliver boys number. I kept on calling him to keep update my order fourth ...
Aug 30, 2019 by Guddi
Amount not credited (Zomato) Open
I ordered food in ZOMATO few minutes later I got a call that they couldn’t deliver my food and that amount will be refunded in ** days but it was almost a month I got no message of credit and when I checked the app there was a message that am...
Aug 30, 2019 by Lalitha Priya
Item got missing (Swiggy) Open
I ordered rasgulla from swiggy annapurna sweets gpnda and I ordered ** rasgulla but the gave me only ** and * were missing....
Aug 30, 2019 by RIZWAN KHAN
Kasi Vishwanath Meesala very big fraud and works easily fooling many people (Visionary Xpressfoods (opc) Private Limited) Open
Visionary Xpressfoods (Opc) Private Limited - U*****AP****OPC****** was started company name Food Express. His website is www.justlikefood.com chitter and fraud with many people within them I am one. I was offered for investment will be double...
Aug 30, 2019 by Pratik Tailor
Prepacked dry snacks not delivered/Money not refunded (Zomato) Open
I ordered the following on Aug **, ****, to my residence in Bhubaneswar. ****************** ORDER SUMMARY Order ID: ********** Date: ** Aug **** Black Pepper Raga (* x ₹***) ₹*** Khatta Meetha Mixture (* x ₹***) ₹*** Delivery Ch...
Aug 29, 2019 by Samar K Tripathy
App issue could not cancel the order (Uber Eats India) Open
I placed an order with a restaurant in Uber Eats. I wanted to cancel the order, so as per the policy, I cancelled the order before the restaurant confirmed the order. I kept tapping the screen, but no response from the app. Finally the restaura...
Aug 29, 2019 by Zohair
Wrong item delivered (Swiggy) Open
I ordered chicken triple rice and got chicken fried rice instead. Swiggy told me that they will refund the amount within *-* days.. Its been *th day and I did not get any refund yet. Customer care centres doesnt seem to bother. ...
Aug 29, 2019 by MEENAZ NEYAZI
Wrong item delivered (Swiggy) Open
I have placed an order of gobi masala but I received gatta masala. When I ordered gobi masala then why you have delivered gatta masala. I am hungry from * pm. Who is responsible for it? ...
Aug 29, 2019 by Rahul Jangid
Second time delivering smashed package of food and refusing to compensate (Swiggy) Open
**/**/**** i ordered food and it was smashed and spilled inside the cover which can't eat at all. This is the second time happens. And when i contacted swiggy customer support team last time amd now are the same replies that we can't compensate...
Aug 29, 2019 by Sarah
Food not delivered (Swiggy) Open
I ordered food from Swiggy and received a message that order was delivered which was never received by me. I checked with the customer support and they told me that they had a word with the delivery agent and it will be delivered within ** minu...
Aug 28, 2019 by Abhishek Maurya
Missing items in the order (Zomato) Open
I have placed an order with Zomato with Order #********** and it has been more than a day and a half that I have reported the issue on Twitter but somehow nobody at Zomato seems to care! The order was supposed to contain "A sunny Thali to beat ...
Aug 28, 2019 by Soumya Goda
Refund for unsuccessful order (Swiggy) Open
I had placed order (***********) on ** June ****, which was unsuccessful, but the amount Rs *** debit from my account. I called swiggy customer support and he said if amount deducted, will auto credit with *to * days. After discussion, I rece...
Aug 28, 2019 by Baljinder
Packaging and spillage issue cold food (Zomato) Open
I ordered from zomato yesterday as I was already having troubles with swiggy regarding orders. It turned out zomato is even worse. They clearly refused to help me with anything. I got spilt order from them as well. Also, the food was entirely c...
Aug 28, 2019 by Ashish jain
Order not delivered (Zomato) Open
Zomato app shows that the order is delivered when the order is not delivered to me. Delivery executive is not picking my call and zomato customer service asks me to write to order@zomato.com for resolution in **-** hours. At least in these issu...
Aug 27, 2019 by Venkata Rahul Gupta Illindra
Package not delivered (Swiggy) Open
I order food ,I was waiting fr d order to confirm I hv chat wd one representative they told it will b confirmed n ask m not to worry After some tym I txted them again dan d girl told m it is not confirmed there was no tech glitch Till that ...
Aug 27, 2019 by Pooja
Packaging and spillage issue (Swiggy) Open
I ordered a thali from Kake da hotel. The food was delivered all spilt and the packaging was also broken. I tried to talk to swiggy to resolve my issue but no help was provided from their side....
Aug 27, 2019 by Ashish jain
Bad quality food received (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered food from swiggy. But the food delivered was of very bad quality. I complained to the swiggy executive. But they didn't solve my problem....
Apr 19, 2019 by ASIT KUMAR RAJ
Food not delivered (Swiggy and subway) Closed
I placed an order from Swiggy for subway around **:** pm. I have ordered * subs which cost me around *** Rupees. I have waited till ** and after I raised an issue. They said the delivery executive was trying to call me which is untrue as when ...
Apr 18, 2019 by Sai Vivek Neralla
Got bad quality food (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered desi ghee from swiggy. There is total dalda in it and when I opted for replacement. Then again they gave me the same product means I paid Rs. *** for desi ghee but swiggy gave me dalda....
Apr 18, 2019 by John
Package not delivered (Swiggy) Closed
Swiggy accepted * orders * got delivered but the other order was marked delivered at **:** pm IST but I never received it. When I called them the representative informed that due to a technical problem the orders got marked delivered and said w...
Apr 18, 2019 by Soudipto Bose
Worst service given (Swiggy) Closed
Worst service of swiggy. I ordered food at *:** pm and a rider from swiggy call me at **:** pm. He said that he got my order before * minutes when he calls me....
Apr 18, 2019 by Himanshu
Refund not received (Zomato) Closed
Zomato cheated me with my order which was placed mistakenly, for this I immediately contacted the delivery boy and Zomato Chat support to cancel the order or to refund my money but the Zomato refused to do so. The worst part is they cancelled m...
Apr 17, 2019 by JASNEET SINGH
Food not delivered (Swiggy) Closed
I placed an order with Swiggy in Hyderabad around *:** pm, Order #***********. The restaurant accepted the order but about ** mins later, I received a call from one of Swiggy's delivery executives saying that the concerned restaurant is over-fl...
Apr 17, 2019 by Tanya
Order accepted but not delivered (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered some food items for my guest on swiggy. The order had been accepted by swiggy but after ** mins from placing the order, swiggy refused to deliver. For me, it is such an embarrassing situation. Guest awaited at home for dinner and...
Apr 17, 2019 by Rajesh Mehrotra
Package not delivered (Swiggy) Closed
Its been more than one and a half hours since we have ordered our food. The delivery time was expected to be within ** mins. Everybody was tired and slept without eating food this shows how bad the service is of swiggy. They were not replying t...
Apr 17, 2019 by Vidhi gupta
Sending the food in banned plastic (Swiggy) Closed
The food was sent in banned plastics in spite of the restaurant charging ** rupees as packing. The sweet sent was different from what was mentioned in the swiggy website. This is a serious crime by swiggy ...
Apr 17, 2019 by Josley jafran vas
Fraud on coupons (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered food from Swiggy application on the ordered value Rs ***/-. The application claimed **% off on all orders. That's why I ordered the food and got off of Rs. ***/- which is roughly **% of the order value. I and swiggy had a chat o...
Apr 16, 2019 by Kovvada krishna chaitanya
Charged twice for the order (Swiggy) Closed
Order no - #**********. I ordered food from Kritunga restaurant and later cancelled because the **% zomato coupon has not been applied. Then reordered the food same time from the same restaurant with order no #********** within * minute but the...
Apr 16, 2019 by Pavan
Money deducted but order not placed (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered food from Swiggy and completed my payment. Money got deducted from my account but the order was not placed. Please help me to get my refund....
Apr 15, 2019 by AISHWARYA SONTAKKE
Taking more money than MRP (Ice cream ) Closed
Naina Devi me hm duty de rahe the. Wha local shops me hm gye or ice cream li jis pr MRP ** Rs thi lekin wo ** maag raha tha. Jab hmne kha MRP se jayda nhi le skte to unhone kha ki labour charge lgta hai. I request koi action lo yaha logo ko bhu...
Apr 15, 2019 by Sanjeev kumar
Selling price is more than MRP (Thumbsup) Closed
The MRP of *** ml bottle Thumbs up is Rs.**.**. But the retail shops are selling those at Rs **.** per bottle at Joda Bus stand market. I bought * bottles at Rs **.**. When asked "why you are charging more than MRP?", shop keeper replied that "...
Apr 15, 2019 by NARAYAN SAHU
Got rubber content in food (Uber Eats India) Closed
I found rubber content in my food which can even cause cancer. Please do the needful....
Apr 14, 2019 by Abhijeet Narang
Food not delivered (Zomato) Closed
I ordered from the Freshmenu through Zomato. Its been ** mins and I'm unable to contact either of them and the customer care. Even I doesn't know the order status which is very frustrating for me. They are not giving any proper justification. T...
Apr 14, 2019 by Jigar Hiran
Charged unwarranted fees due to some technical issues (Swiggy.com) Closed
On **-March-****, I purchased "SUPER" membership with Swiggy.com, which entitles me to zero delivery and zero surge charges. This membership expired on **-April-****. On **-April-****, I placed * orders with Swiggy. I added the SUPER members...
Apr 13, 2019 by Srinivas Purna
Food quality was worst (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered one half plate matar panner and one veg biryani online from Swiggy's restaurant Partner Comfort Rasoi. There were errors with the following: -The Matar Panner was very less in the quantity that was just half of half. The food was hot,...
Apr 12, 2019 by Ayush Kumar
Different food is delivered (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered the food but they delivered some other food. Please help me...
Apr 12, 2019 by Janani
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